Capitalism is Not Democracy: Beyond the Propaganda

[Henk Elegeert]

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Capitalism is Not Democracy: Beyond the Propaganda

The spirit of democracy embraces equality of treatment. Within this
context, government is constitutionally required to treat all people
equitably, based upon tenets of social justice. In contradistinction,
capitalism pivots on the pursuit of money, status, and power. Government
in a capitalistocracy, in pressured to primarily serve commercially
'wealthy' 'owners of capital'. As this occurs, society becomes more
"capitalistic", away from democratic ideal that may be embraced by the
populace. In such a political economy, government treats people and
groups, in a pecking order of relatively "superior" and "inferior"
groups. This pecking order pivots on the maintenance of a progeny of
white elites cliques. These elites have sought to consolidate power in a
'white supremacist' oriented status quo, since the earliest European
Empires, including Rome, have sought to conquer and oppress. These
conquests have enabled the expropriation of raw materials to furnish the
proto-military-industrial complexes of Empires, that can enable further
other sought conquests. Elite cliques of the United States and Europe
use 'global capitalism' as a means to further consolidate their power,
that have pivoted on a prevailing 'white supremacist' status quo against
the poor, and non-European peoples.

As societies become more 'capitalistic' under pressures of American-led
'global capitalism', their governments treat people and groups, based
upon their relative access to money, status, and power. This political
economic context undermines and destroys democracy. This process is
occurring in 'the west'. In the so-called "Third World", 'institutions
of capitalism' from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to the World
Bank use the broad capitalistocratic culture of financial system to
execute techniques of oppression on behalf of maintaining white elite
supremacy. It is within this context that the priorization of humanity
occurs that has been referred to be retired Canadian Lt.-General Romeo
Dallaire. Retired Lt.-General Dallaire became an articulate and
inspiring champion of international human rights, having witnesses
first-hand, negligent conduct by 'western' governments, that had
prevailed over 'genocide' in Rwanda.

In capitalism, people and groups are treated according to an anti-poor,
sexist, and racist status quo. This status quo pivot in turn on a
pecking order of access to money, status, and power, that groups are
perceived to have by the capitalistocratic Establishment. Indeed "money
talks" in the capitalist system, whereas in a democracy, the affirmation
of the human rights must be executed irrespective of "possession of riches".

The apparent priorization of humanity, creates a context for the
instigation and perpetuation of worsening social injustice. This
includes capitalistocratic 'western' governments prevailing over
atrocities from homelessness, to the destruction of vital ecosystem
which marginalized communities depend upon for their quality-of-survival
to genocide. Indeed in the prism of capitalism, the pursuit of strategic
military control of 'raw materials' is far more important that affirming
the quality-of-survival of all people, that is the constitutional
promise of democracy. This helps explain why in the United States, and
other such societies, more and more money is put into weaponry, that can
already destroy the Earth several times over, while the socio-economic
conditions of the poor, and "minorities" worsens.

In the apparent prism of capitalism, 'blacks' and 'indigenous peoples'
are on the lower part of the "totem pole" of capitalism. The oppressive
treatment of blacks in Africa and elsewhere, and indigenous peoples in
Canada, the United States, and Australia reflect this
disenfranchisement. Such an apparent 'prism of capitalism', provided for
the context of allowing genocide in Rwanda, and subsequently, Darfur in
Sudan, in Africa; and numerous other such profoundly negligent conduct
internationally. If 'western' countries were in fact, inspired by
'democracy' as U.S. President George W. Bush states, these government
would have pro-actively responded to the stopping of genocide, and other
such atrocious human rights abuses. As capitalistocracies that are
de-evolving into states of neo-fascism, 'western' governments are
motivated by the cynical strategic interests and materialistic ambitions
of military-industrial complexes.

As 'the poor' and "visible minorities" become more and more marginalized
by capitalism, their treatment by capitalistocratic institutions
worsens, which entails even more marginalization and oppression.
Corporate Globalization has demonstrated such an apparent trend.

The spirit of democracy inspires consideration of 'equity'. 'Equity'
refers to a context of executing relative treatment to human beings with
is based on principles of fairness, compassion, and shared human rights.
Consideration of equity correspond with the 'Golden Rule' philosophical
context. Within this context, human economic agents, including
politicians and their policy-making allies, should not execute a
treatment context, that they would not want themselves to be subject to.
This very basic sounding idea is substantively being ignored by "market
expansions" that are being executed in a manner that is worsening human
suffering globally. Such an enlightened and rudimentary social
justice-inspired idea is pivotal to the a posited cosmopolitan economic
system, that is inspired by the spirit of democracy. In other words,
politicians and policy-makers should be guided to treat people who are
without food, shelter, and clothing, as these politicians and
policy-makers would to be treated, if they were the people, who were
without food, clothing, and shelter. Similarly, within a cosmopolitan
context, rally for political choices which strive to create a
responsiveness to facilitating access to food, clothing, and shelter,
that you would want, if you were without food, clothing, and shelter. If
you would not want to work in sweatshops, why support institutions which
create sweatshops to support the selfish pursuit of elitist
materialistic ambitions?

In the cosmopolitan economic context, it would be prohibited for
government in western countries to allow transnational enterprises to
move into "Third World" countries, to exploit people as "human capital",
and also relatively poor environmental standards that worsens local
quality-of-living. Economic cosmopolitanism would, for example, support
universal wage and environmental standards in the spirit of United
Nations Covenants. In the cosmopolitan economic context, as a politician
of policy-maker, if you would not want to be deprived of vital
healthcare based upon your lack of access to financial resources, do not
deprive other people access to such vitally needed healthcare, based
upon access to financial resources. It is this Biblical Christian
context, which is completely ignored by professing "Christian" U.S.
politicians who substantively worship and serve Mammon.

As politicians with allied policy-makers, wouldn't you want a political
economic context that sought to provide timely assistance to your
quality-of-survival, that recognized your civil and human rights,
affirmed by U.N. Covenants? Policy-makers and politicians who are
inspired by democracy, create policies which complement the 'Golden
Rule' philosophical context. Furthermore, within this context, do not
instigate or support wars that you would not want you son or daughter to
be put in harms way. Politicians and their policy makers would need to
demonstrate reverence for all people, pursuant to executed policies, in
an equitable manner, in a democratically inspired cosmopolitan economic
system, irrespective of money, status, power, and other related kinds of
mammonistic prejudices.

This editorial commentary was excerpted from the book entitled
'Capitalism is Not Democracy: Part III', ISBN: 1897036906
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